AN ex-Tory Number 10 aide has said Robert Jenrick could become the “most divisive politician in our political history” after the shadow justice secretary suggested “alien cultures” were making the UK more dangerous.
Samuel Kasumu, who was a senior advisor to Boris Johnson, warned people could die because of the Jenrick’s potential to incite hatred “in ways that I have never seen”.
Commenting on the grooming gangs scandal – which saw groups of men from mainly Pakistani backgrounds target young girls – Jenrick attacked the “importing of hundreds of thousands of people from alien cultures who possess medieval attitudes” to the UK in a post on Twitter/X.
Kasumu told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday that he felt Jenrick was more dangerous than Nigel Farage or Elon Musk.
He said: "My blood is boiling because of what Robert Jenrick said.
“I do not think that Elon Musk or Nigel Farage are the most dangerous individuals in our country. I think Robert Jenrick has the potential to be the most divisive person in our political history.
"He has the potential to incite hatred in ways that I have never seen" Former Conservative No 10 advisor Samuel Kasumu says some of Robert Jenrick's comments over the last 12 months could "result in some people maybe even dying"#BBCLauraK https://t.co/A1kCxfYTtu pic.twitter.com/pCXo8j2MCV
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“I think some of his words over the last 12 months may result in some people maybe even dying because he has the potential to incite hatred in ways that I have never seen."
He added: “Robert Jenrick regularly crosses the line."
He branded Jenrick's interventions "completely inappropriate, uncalled for, unjustifiable and wrong".
Jenrick, who was immigration minister under Rishi Sunak, claimed that the law had been applied "selectively" to tackle grooming gangs.
He said: "The rule of law was abandoned to sustain the myth that diversity is our strength, destroying the lives of thousands of vulnerable white working-class girls in the process.
“The scandal started with the onset of mass migration. Importing hundreds of thousands of people from alien cultures, who possess medieval attitudes towards women, brought us here."
Ex-Tory MP Anna Soubry called it an “appalling dog-whistle”.
Elsewhere on the BBC programme, Farage said in an interview he thought Twitter/X owner Musk giving Reform money could make the party “look cool”.
He refused to deny the billionaire would give Reform UK a donation, but rubbished reports he could invest $100 million.
